How to Install and Uninstall fwupdate Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 22,2024

You can also install and uninstall the fwupdate on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "fwupdate" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install fwupdate on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fwupdate
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fwupdate" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall fwupdate on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fwupdate
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fwupdate package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: fwupdate
Version: 12-7
Installed-Size: 13
Maintainer: Debian EFI
Architecture: amd64
Depends: fwupd
Breaks: fwupdate-amd64-signed-template (<< 12-5), fwupdate-arm64-signed-template (<< 12-5), fwupdate-armhf-signed-template (<< 12-5), fwupdate-i386-signed-template (<< 12-5), fwupdate-signed, libfwup-dev (<< 12-5), libfwup1 (<< 12-5)
Description: Transitional package for fwupd
Description-md5: e66ac7d8cabdca74901822fe463887c4
Homepage: https://github.com/rhinstaller/fwupdate
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fwupdate/fwupdate_12-7_amd64.deb
Size: 5512
MD5sum: 43865d80f0e42b2f97733e39f4ab3a09
SHA256: cbde40a07fc58c941781942600b0f871e8c59ea84f8b8aae200b35d3cdd9a9d8